Title
Clara Roberts Jemison, 1869-
Subject
Newspaper editors
Description
Clara Roberts Jemison was assistant editor of The Tuscaloosa Times and the second wife of William Carlos Jemison, (1849-1901) who owned and was editor of the paper. The couple married in 1889 and had two children: William Carlos Jemison, born in 1890, and Margaret R. Jemison, born in 1898.
William Carlos Jemison had previously married Eliska Leftwich in 1876 with whom he had two children: Katherine Eliska "Kate" Jemison (1879-1933) and Alan Leftwich Jemison, born in 1882. Eliska Jemison died in 1882, two months after her son was born.
William Carlos Jemison was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1880-1890 and from 1894-1900.
William Carlos Jemison had previously married Eliska Leftwich in 1876 with whom he had two children: Katherine Eliska "Kate" Jemison (1879-1933) and Alan Leftwich Jemison, born in 1882. Eliska Jemison died in 1882, two months after her son was born.
William Carlos Jemison was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1880-1890 and from 1894-1900.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Publisher
The Tuscaloosa Times
Date
May 12, 1899
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
1211
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph